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Call for Contributions - Fictions | Historical Games Network Our theme of Fictions started with a HGN | IWM panel at the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Curious Festival. You can read more about the event on the Historical Games Network blog and you can watch the ...

We're happy to announce the call for contributions for our new HGN theme: Fictions! Following a successful event last month, this theme explores the relationship between history and fiction in games, and how they shape each other.
www.historicalgames.net/call-for-con...

#gamestudies #gamingthepast

Recording: Unreal Pasts, Playful Presents (RSE Curious Festival 2025) | Historical Games Network On 10th September 2025, in collaboration with the Imperial War Museums Institute, the HGN hosted a panel discussion event at the Royal Society of Edinburgh‘s Curious Festival 2025, in Edinburgh, UK. ‘...

Last week we hosted a discussion panel at the @royalsoced.bsky.social Curious Festival. Our brilliant speakers (incl. @chriskempshall.bsky.social @drtimpeacock.bsky.social) explored history & fantasy in games & media. Find the recording here if you missed it!
www.historicalgames.net/recording-un...

This event is happening on Wednesday! I think there's still time to book a place for either in person or to attend online and watch some very smart people (and me) talk about history and fantasy in games and media! 🗃️

🧵 Next month, Dr @enwright.bsky.social is co-running and chairing a panel with the @historygamesnet.bsky.social and the Imperial War Museums Institute as part of the @royalsoced.bsky.social's Curious Festival.

YouTube video by Historical Games Network Historical Games Network Discussion Panel: Gender (29th July 2025)

If you missed our Gender panel event on Tuesday, you can now watch the recording of this fantastic discussion here via our Youtube Channel! Featuring @verysrsgames.com @katexe.bsky.social @tesswatty.bsky.social & @ide4fix.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtP3...

YouTube video by Historical Games Network Historical Games Network Discussion Panel: Gender (29th July 2025)

If you missed our Gender panel event on Tuesday, you can now watch the recording of this fantastic discussion here via our Youtube Channel! Featuring @verysrsgames.com @katexe.bsky.social @tesswatty.bsky.social & @ide4fix.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtP3...

I appreciated being able to play a historical character who shouts “stick it where the sun don’t shine you bitter old sow!”

Hob’s Barrow is the best.

Fantastic discussion of gender and historical games with @leandrowallace.bsky.social , @verysrsgames.com and @tesswatty.bsky.social this afternoon, thanks very much to @historygamesnet.bsky.social for hosting us and everyone who came and participated!

What we play: Chatting about History, Gender, and Videogames | Historical Games Network Videogames offer us the possibility to create spaces to enjoy and engage with in ways that approach the past visually and interactively. We can play with history, and we can play to do history. But pl...

New blog post! Our final panelist for this afternoon's Gender theme, Leandro Wallace reflects on how we think about and engage with gendered play spaces in and around video games, and what we can do to create welcoming and diverse ones:

www.historicalgames.net/what-we-play/

Last call for our exciting online panel discussion with experts on history, games and gender! 16:00 UK time >>today<<.

Apropos of absolutely, positively nothing going on in the #indiedev world right now, I’ll be joining a @historygamesnet.bsky.social panel tomorrow (along with some much smarter people than me) to chat about gender and historical games. Do sign up and join us!

Sign up for the panel discussion here, if you want to hear more!

www.tickettailor.com/events/histo...

Sir Charlotte, la bonne chevalière: Playing with Gender in The Knight & the Maiden | Historical Games Network A long time ago, in a world almost, but not quite, like our own… The city-state of Castamont, a centre of scholarship and commerce on the shores of the scenic Ousarine Bay, is buzzing with excitement!...

New post! Ahead of tomorrow’s panel Andreas Kjeldsen (@verysrsgames.com) discusses forthcoming comedic narrative adventure The Knight & the Maiden, where players solve puzzles to unfold the story of a noblewoman’s quest (& her many gendered disguises):

www.historicalgames.net/playing-with...

This is tomorrow! Featuring @tesswatty.bsky.social, @katexe.bsky.social, @andreaskjeldsen.bsky.social of @verysrsgames.com, and Leandro Wallace. Still a few tickets left!

#gamestudies #historygames #gamingthepast

I spend a lot of time talking about all the things historical games do wrong when representing (or, mostly, not representing) women in the past - for a change, here I wrote about some games which I think do something better and more interesting in their depictions of historical women & girls!

Want to hear more?

Sign up to our Gender discussion panel event this Tuesday 29th July:

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Women’s Histories in Historical Games | Historical Games Network There are staggering problems with historical games’ representation of women. Based on an analysis of games with identifiable protagonists from the HistoriaGames database, less than 7% of historical g...

New on the HGN blog: Gender panel guest speaker @katexe.bsky.social explores the widespread lack of engagement with “women’s histories” in historical video games, & discusses some examples that do represent women’s stories more meaningfully:

www.historicalgames.net/womens-histo...

Gender | Historical Games Network Event details Date 29 July 2025 Time 16:00-17:30 UK time Location Virtual (Teams) | Speakers Kate Cook, Andreas Kjeldsen and Leandro Wallace [Chair: Tess Watterson] Register for the event via TicketTa...

One week to go until our Gender discussion panel! Find out more & sign up here 👇

www.historicalgames.net/gender/

Gender | Historical Games Network Event details Date 29 July 2025 Time 16:00-17:30 UK time Location Virtual (Teams) | Speakers Kate Cook, Andreas Kjeldsen and Leandro Wallace [Chair: Tess Watterson] Register for the event via TicketTa...

One week to go until our Gender discussion panel! Find out more & sign up here 👇

www.historicalgames.net/gender/

feat. @chriskempshall.bsky.social @drtimpeacock.bsky.social @mimi-mortmain.bsky.social & Fruzsina Pittner (fruzsipittner.com)

RSE Curious event: Unreal pasts, playful presents: history and fantasy in games and media | Historical Games Network This September, in collaboration with the Imperial War Museums Institute and the Royal Society of Edinburgh‘s Curious Festival 2025, the Historical Games Network will be hosting a discussion panel eve...

We've got a bonus discussion panel event coming up September 10th! In collaboration with the IWM Institute, we're hosting this brilliant lineup of speakers for a hybrid discussion, as part of @royalsoced.bsky.social Curious 2025

Read more and register here!
www.historicalgames.net/rse-curious-...

This story of language colonialism is an important one, and I'm glad that @fluxogames.bsky.social chose to explore it in a video game format. Looking forward to the release.

Interview with Fluxo Games on "Book Smugglers" | Historical Games Network The HGN team recently spoke with Rytis Jadzevicius of Fluxo Games, based in Vilnius, Lithuania, about the studio’s forthcoming historical game, Book Smugglers.  Set in 19th Century Lithuania, the game...

The HGN team recently chatted with Rytis Jadzevicius of @fluxogames.bsky.social about their upcoming game, Book Smugglers. A decision-driven, point-and-click adventure set in 19thC Lithuania, the game blends resource management with historical storytelling:

www.historicalgames.net/interview-wi...

Gender | Historical Games Network Event details Date 29 July 2025 Time 16:00-17:30 UK time Location Virtual (Teams) | Speakers Kate Cook, Andreas Kjeldsen and Leandro Wallace [Chair: Tess Watterson] Register for the event via TicketTa...

We are happy to announce a further guest for our event on 29 July: Leandro Wallace! Sadly, Leandro isn't here on Bluesky, but you can find out more about him, and about our other amazing panellists, on our event page: www.historicalgames.net/gender/

And if you’d like to see more interview content like this, let us know below!!

Book Smugglers on Steam Smuggle banned books to save the Nation! Make tough choices, manage resources, and decipher secret messages in this narrative adventure based on true events. Help preserve a forbidden language — one d...

You can Wishlist the game, and try the demo, via Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/2720940/...

Interview with Fluxo Games on "Book Smugglers" | Historical Games Network The HGN team recently spoke with Rytis Jadzevicius of Fluxo Games, based in Vilnius, Lithuania, about the studio’s forthcoming historical game, Book Smugglers.  Set in 19th Century Lithuania, the game...

The HGN team recently chatted with Rytis Jadzevicius of @fluxogames.bsky.social about their upcoming game, Book Smugglers. A decision-driven, point-and-click adventure set in 19thC Lithuania, the game blends resource management with historical storytelling:

www.historicalgames.net/interview-wi...

If I do say so myself, a brilliant lineup of speakers to chat about video games, fantasy, history and conflict in Edinburgh this September! Online and in person (and free!!) 👇🎮 @historygamesnet.bsky.social
@chriskempshall.bsky.social @drtimpeacock.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org

Gender | Historical Games Network Event details Date 29 July 2025 Time 16:00-17:30 UK time Location Virtual (Teams) | Speakers Kate Cook, Andreas Kjeldsen and Leandro Wallace [Chair: Tess Watterson] Register for the event via TicketTa...

We are happy to announce a further guest for our event on 29 July: Leandro Wallace! Sadly, Leandro isn't here on Bluesky, but you can find out more about him, and about our other amazing panellists, on our event page: www.historicalgames.net/gender/

If you're enjoying our Gender theme content, sign up for our panel discussion on 29 July, where @tesswatty.bsky.social, @katexe.bsky.social and @andreaskjeldsen.bsky.social will discuss gender in/and historical games in more detail. Tickets at: buytickets.at/historicalga...